We announced today the selections for the 2015 Easyboot Elite Tevis Gluing Team. Six individuals were chosen from more than 100 applicants from across the world. Together, they will take on the challenge of applying Easyboot Glue-Ons to more than 50 horses entered in the 2015 Western States Trail Ride, aka the Tevis Cup.

We consider the booted Tevis horses in 2015 very fortunate to be under the hoof care and supervision of six such accomplished individuals for the most challenging 100-mile endurance event in the world.

The 2015 Easyboot Elite Tevis Gluing Team members are:

Curtis Burns, Wellington, FL
Ashley Gasky, Ballston Lake, NY
Jeremy Ortega, Mokelumne Hill, CA
Deanna Stoppler, Fairfax, VT
Peter Van Rossum, Ramona, CA
Derick Vaughn, Durango, CO

Each of the team members was selected based on their prior experience in hoof care, expertise in the application of composite shoes and hoof boots, as well as an ongoing demonstrated commitment to continuing education and evolution of their hoof care practice.

MCM Last Dance in Easyboot Glue-Ons with Barrak Blakely with and his family at the presentation of the 2014 Haggin Cup award. 

It is an impressive group of hoof care professionals who boast significant achievements between them. Whether it be applying Polyflex horseshoes onto the winning horse of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, gluing hoof boots onto the Tevis Cup and Haggin Cup winning horses, applying EasyShoes onto the highest performing dressage horses in the country, or dedicating their time to working in partnership with the finest farriers in the country, this team truly represents the elite in today’s hoof care industry. How fitting that they will be applying hoof boots to horses who will cover the most grueling 100-mile horse event known to man and woman.

Easyboot is no newcomer to the annual Western States Trail Ride. In 2014, ten of the horses in the top 15 horses were wearing Easyboots. The first place horse in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 was wearing Easyboot Glue-Ons. The Best Conditioned horses (Haggin Cup) in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 were wearing Easyboot Glue-Ons.

The Easyboot Elite team will work in pairs for three days during the week of the event. Based out of the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn, California, the three teams of two professionals will care for more than 50 competing horses in preparation for race day on Saturday, August 1, 2015. It will be the 60th anniversary of the event, and the sixth consecutive year that Easyboot Glue-Ons have been used to traverse the Tevis trail.

Kevin Myers

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Director of Marketing

I am responsible for the marketing and branding of the EasyCare product line. I believe there is a great deal to be gained from the strategy of using booted protection for horses, no matter what the job you have for your equine partner.